Clair W. Ditchy

[1] He worked for architects Albert Kahn, George D. Mason and Marcus Burrowes before opening his own office in 1922.

For the first three years he shared his office with architect J. Ivan Dise but otherwise practiced alone until 1937, when he formed the firm of Ditchy–Farley–Perry, which became Ditchy–Perry–Sidnam in 1939 and dissolved in 1942.

[1][2] Ditchy joined the American Institute of Architects in 1924 as a member of the Detroit chapter.

[2][3] Ditchy was a prolific writer and speaker, publishing frequently in the local and architectural press.

The family lived in Royal Oak and were parishioners of the National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica.